Independent Saudi newspaper Al Hayat reported on Thursday that members of the Salafist al-Hariri bloc instigated clashes with Shiite Alawites in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli after a funeral for a Sunni protester who was killed in the riots. According to eyewitnesses, the members of the two sides threw grenades and exchanged gunfire for almost two hours as an Alawite shop was torched.